You’re getting discouraged, and it’s not surprising, because you have worked on those six pack abdominals for ever, and they are still not showing. How many more crunches do i have to do to get them defined enough to show as a perfect set of six pack abs?

To start with, you are not the only one that this has happened to, there are many more people in this situation, so take heart, and with a few changes, your abdominals and six pack will be showing very soon. Even with the best of intentions, which can be seen by the number of crunches we do every day, not every one can get their abdominals to show. You are sure that your abdominal muscles are much stronger, nevertheless they still don’t show, so what exactly is happening? Well, what you need to do first is to make absolutely sure that it is your abdominal muscles that you are targeting in your exercises, an also make sure that you are not rushing them. For many exercisers, it is the number they can do in a fixed time that is important, but that lowers the standard of the exercise. To be more beneficial, each muscle contraction should be held for a few seconds, and if you are trying to beat the latest record of number of the crunches in two minutes, then you are not able to do this, and the crunches will not be as beneficial for you. So slow down, and improve the quality of your exercises, and any other workouts you do that target the abdominal muscles.

The next thing you need to do is to find out what your body fat ratio is – if you are a gym member, you can get weighed there and the scales will be able to tell you your body fat ratio if your bathroom scales aren’t able to. Your body fat ratio should be around 12, but if yours is much higher than this, then that explains why your six pack abdominals are not defined. The body fat ratio is a guide to tell you how much body fat you have, and the higher the number, the more fat your body has. The more fat you have, the more layers of fat are covering your abdominal muscles, so if you have been doing your exercises correctly, your abs will be well developed but just covered by too much fat.

Okay, if too much is the cause of your abs to not show as great 6 pack abs what do you need to do to get them defined? You can see that you need to lose some of those fat layers, and abs exercises alone will not achieve this for you. You must do some cardio workouts, to lose some fat. Now this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to workout even longer in the gym daily. You can probably reduce the time you spend on your abs crunches, with more time doing cardio. Combine this with eating a little less, you will be well on your way to losing some body fat. Make sure your diet is healthy for you, and not over doing the alcohol. Occasional drinks are fine, but drinking alcohol on a regular basis is just providing your body with too many calories from an unnecessary source.

So, to conclude, exercise appropriately, lose some body fat and your six pack abdominals will be defined and showing like those on others you’ve been jealously watching.